Arthur Nebe

Arthur Nebe (13 November 1894-21 March 1945) was an Obergruppenfuhrer of the SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography
Arthur Nebe was born on 13 November 1894 in Berlin, German Empire. He served with distinction in World War I as a volunteer in the Imperial German Army, and in 1931 he joined the Nazi Party. In 1935, Nebe became the leader of the Prussian police, and he was involved in several police groups of Nazi Germany. In 1941 he led Einsatzgruppe B during Operation Barbarossa and exterminated Jews, Romani, communists, Asians, and mental health patients, as well as hostages and prisoners of war. He killed 1,050 Jews near Minsk and intensified the massacres at Grodno and Lida after finding out that only 96 Jews were killed in the first few days. Nebe killed 45,467 people before returning to Berlin in 1941, and he was involved in the Operation Valkyrie bomb plot against Adolf Hitler; he led 12 men to kill Heinrich Himmler, but the plot failed and he was arrested. Nebe was executed on 21 March 1945 in Plotzensee Prison by being hanged from a meat hook.